Careers in Nature – 1 August 2014
Every fortnight we’ll be collating all the careers related content across Nature, just in time for some weekend reading. Read more
Every fortnight we’ll be collating all the careers related content across Nature, just in time for some weekend reading. Read more
“We want to know whether our future baby’s health is based on genes or the environment.” This is a concern shared by a lot of would-be parents for sure, and is the question posed to Dr. M. Elizabeth Ross at the beginning of this short video. The video, made by the labs of Dr. Ross and Dr. Christopher E. Mason at Weill Cornell Medical College is part of a competition sponsored by the NIH to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the Common Fund. Read more
Vivien Marx reports from the Society for Neuroscience meeting in San Diego and the status of the big brain projects in the EU and US. Read more
Most people stopped doubting the dangers of tobacco long ago. And yet, tobacco products continue to adorn the checkout kiosks of convenience stores and appear in the pages of magazines. The question is: which of these products should be allowed and which should not? It’s no longer a theoretical question: the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) was granted the power to regulate these products four years ago. Read more
The first official report lists the scientific priorities that will be funded by the NIH as part of the BRAIN Initiative … Read more
In the medical world, the term ‘sequestration’ is usually preceded by the word ‘pulmonary’ or ‘splenic’ and is used to describe rare diseases that are the focus of research grants funded by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH). But sequestration has now taken on a new meaning. Read more
So far for 2012, the NIH has approved 3,810 grants in Massachusetts – some for new projects, others for familiar, ongoing research centers. The big money is going to genetics, HIV/AIDS and biodefense. Few topped $10 million –according to NIH, the average award amount nationwide was $44,642 for 2011. Among the group – genomics superstar Eric Lander, whose name came up during the recent presidential search at MIT and Daniel Kuritzkes at the Brigham, who got a standing ovation at the recent AIDS conference when he annouced findings on two more AIDS patinets who became virus-free after bone marrow transplants. Also note that Harvard Med School dean Jeffrey Flier is listed as the PI on the grant to the troubled primate research center. Read more
An influential member of US Congress remains dissatisfied with the government’s handling of two research papers on mutant forms of avian influenza, and is threatening legislation to control the controversial research. Read more
Nearly $8 million in NIH funding for new projects flowed into Massaschusett in May. Here’s a sample, with links to labs and full project descriptions: … Read more
The drug company Eli Lilly will screen more than 3,800 approved and investigational medicines to find potential new uses for the drugs in a partnership with the US National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS). Read more